Famous quotes by famous people...

Pointmade challenge: who’s sincere and who’s bluffing?

“We do not have the luxury of time to allow individuals to save the world ... Governments must act to ensure that we see a peak and then a decline in global emissions of carbon within the next 10 years. Otherwise we run a severe risk of the global climate spiralling out of control."
[Greenpeace Director Stephen Tindale quoted in The Independent, 03.07.06]

“As I see it we have a choice. We can read the report and take the action it demands, or we can make excuses and continue to do very little. The latter course, whereby we say that no one has a leadership role, is the basis for a global suicide pact. If that is what ministers stand for, and some of them clearly do, then they should resign."
[Friends of the Earth Director Tony Juniper quoted in The Guardian, 02.07.06]

“…I believe the difficulties with the current climate change debate is the trouble with so much international politics: a reluctance to face up to reality and the practical action needed to tackle problems. …..Again it is the world's richer, industrialised countries - the G8 - that have to take the lead.”
[Tony Blair in his article “Get real on climate change”, published in The Observer, 30.10.05]